Project Manager - Translations & Localization (x2)

Tandem Diabetes Care

21d • $83,000 - $100,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Localization Project Manager leads global translation and localization projects that support product development and commercialization activities for Tandem Diabetes, specifically focused on complex, multilingual initiatives for software/UI and digital content, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant delivery for global markets. The Project Manager also oversees end to end translation operations between external language service providers (LSPs) and the internal Translation Management System (TMS). This position plays a key role in maintaining regulatory compliance, enabling timely global releases, and ensuring consistent, high-quality localized content across all regions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years of experience managing translation or localization programs, ideally in medical devices, life sciences, or other regulated industries and/or managing mobile software localizations.
• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed organization and influence across teams.
• Strong communication skills for managing scope, resources and stakeholder expectations.
• Proficiency with project management tools for planning, scheduling and collaboration.
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven, regulated environment.
• Proficiency in English (written and verbal).
• Familiarity with Translation Management Systems (TMS).
• Experience with tools such as Smartsheet, Confluence, Oracle Cloud PLM, Jira.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office platform.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and manage sensitive information.
• Ability to assess issues and determine escalation paths.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency in a language other than English, strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with agile/scrum methodology (preferred).
• Understanding of software engineering principles (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Manages the full lifecycle of translation projects, from intake through final delivery, across all required languages.
• Serves as the primary liaison among internal teams, external vendors and TMS platform team.
• Creates, schedules, and monitors translation jobs within the TMS, ensuring accurate workflow routing and version control.
• Tracks timelines, deliverables, and risks; escalate issues as needed to meet release schedules.
• Aligns translation deliverables with product development, regulatory and commercialization milestones.
• Facilitates cross-functional reviews, approvals and issue resolution to maintain compliance and momentum.
• Maintains and contributes to the optimization of the Translation Management System, including workflows, automation and user access.
• Supports implementation of new tools, system enhancements and integrations (e.g., CMS, PLM).
• Identifies potential process improvements to increase efficiency, reduce cycle time and mitigate risk.
• Contributes to documentation of workflows, SOPs, and work instructions in line with Quality Management System (QMS) standards.
• Initiates translation requests and manages vendor quotes to oversee execution by approved LSPs.
• Monitors vendor performance, quality, timelines and deliverables to help drive continuous improvement.
• Coordinates in-country reviews, vendor handoffs and delivery of final localized assets. ssets.
• Ensures translated content meets corporate quality standards and complies with QMS procedures, regulatory requirements and regional regulations.
• Reviews deliverables for completeness, consistency and accuracy.
• Supports documentation activities such as verification, approvals and certificates of translation.
• Maintains working knowledge of engineering design, medical device standards and localization processes.
• Partners with Marketing and Digital teams to coordinate translation requests, glossary adherence, in‑country reviews and asset deployment.
• Collaborates with Digital teams to ensure accurate upload and publishing of localized content.

Benefits

• Tandem offers health care benefits such as medical, dental, vision available your first day, as well as health savings accounts and flexible saving accounts.
• You’ll also receive 11 paid holidays per year, a minimum of 20 days of paid time off (with accrual starting on day 1) and you will have access to a 401k plan with company match as well as an Employee Stock Purchase plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager